Basket for bottle-conveyers.



' J. W. DAWSON. BASKET FOR BOTTLE CONVEYER S. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1 912.

Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

UNITED sT rns nrnntr OFFICE.

JOSEPH DAWSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSDURI, ASSIGNOR TO BARRY-WEHMILLER MACHINERY COMPANY, or ST. LOUIS, ivnssounr, A CORPORATION. 3

BASKET IETOR BOTTLE CQNVEYERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1 1, 1913.

' Application filed June 24, 1912. Serial No. 705,461.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. DAwsoN, acitizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of-St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Baskets.

for Bottle-Conveyers, of which the following is a full, clear,- and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to a basket for at tachment to a suitable conveyor, and by which bottles of different sizes may be transferred from one point to another while resting in inverted positions to permit of-their being drained, of contents that may have been present therein. -The improvement is one more particularly. intended for use in I when utilized to carry a single large bottle.

Fig. II is a top or plan viewof the basket in the condition in which it is seen in Fig. I. Fig. III is a top or plan view of the basket as it appears when utilized to carry a plulines, and a large bottle indicated in dotted lines, as it would appear when a-lone'present in the basket..-

As illustrated in the drawings, my bottle carrying basket comprisesframework members 1 and 2, of. U-shape, and preferably made of strap iron, each U-shaped ---frame'-.

iproviding the basket with a skeleton bottom,

in which there is a central aperture a "bounded by portions of the bodies of'four contiguous framework members 1 and 2 and four apertures b at the corners of the bottom, bounded by contiguous portions of the bodies 4 of the framework members 1 and 2.

The upright portions of the framework Fig; IV is a front ele tion of the basket withthe bottlesas they appear in Fig. III shown therein in full members 1 and 2 arejoined at their upper -ndstoa rectangular top border rim 4 that is preferably made of channeliron to insure strength and rigidity therein, The parts just referred to are preferably secured to each other by rivets 5. The border rim 4 is. provided at a point midway between two of its corners with a rounded pivot member 6. The memberfi is preferably provided as one of such construction as to serve also as a connection between the ends of the bar from which the tdp rim 4 is produced; and, when so made, said member fits between the flanges of the channel in the rim, and is secured to the web of the rim by rivets 7 or other suitable means offastening, with the result of tyingthe ends of the rim bar to each other and holding them rigidly to avoid weakness in the rim atthe junction of the ends ofthe bar from which such rim is produced.

My basket includes a division device by which my bottle carrying basket may be subdivided at its upper end to produce a plurality of divisions in which bottles may be placed in inverted positions and be held separated from each "other. device is in the formof a cross, comprising one bar member 8, provided with a hinge ear I 8, that is loosely fitted to the 'ivot member This division 6, and a second bar-encumber 9 isecting and secured to the first named barmember.

10 designates "a supporting bracket secured to/the ton rim ief-my basket, and by which the-basket may beattachedto a conveyer or conveyers of any suitable description/ The bracketis usually attached to two horizontally movable chains located in different horizontal planes and, to permit of such attachment, the

endless conveyor bracket is provided at its upper and lower ends with perforations through which bolts may be extended and fastened to the chains.

When my basket is in use, it may, as previously indicated, serve as a' carrier for .either one large bottle, or a'plurality of smaller bottles. If it is to be used for a large bottle only, the division device, comprising the crossed bar members 8 and 9 is permitted to hang idly in the positions in which it is seen in Figs. I and II, and the large bottle is inverted in the basket so that. its neck extends through the central aperture a in the bottom of the basket, as will be readily appreciated upon reference to Fig.

II and dotted lines Fig. 1v. If, on the other.

hand, it is desired to place a number of smaller bottles in the basket, the division device is elevated and positioned horizontally at the top of the basket, so that the end of its bar member farthest removed from the hinge of the division device will rest upon the top rim 4. It Will be understood that when the division device is solocated, it subdivides the basket into four divisions, in each of which a bottle may be placed in inverted position, With its neck extending through the corner aperture 1) at the bottom of the division. The members of the division device serve to separate the bottle from .each other and prevent impact'of one bottle against another in the event of their toppling, thereby avoiding liability of the bottles being broken by striking against each other.

1. A bottle carrying basket comprising a bottom having a central bottle receiving aperture and also provided with bottle receiving apertures smaller than-said central, aperture, and a division device fitted to said basket above said bottom, the said division devicehaving arms adapted to divide the basket into' bottle. receiving compartments whic register with the said smaller bottle receiving apertures, and-the division device being movable to permit the introduction of a large bottle into said central bottle receiving aperture.

' 2. A bottle carrying basket comprising a bottom having bottle receiving apertures, one of which is located at the center of said bottom, and a division device hinged to said basket above said bottom, said division device being in the form of a cross adaptedto divide thebasket into four'bottle receiving compartments registering with four of said apertures, and the said division device being movable to a suspended position exterior of the basket to permit the introduction of a bottle into the aperture at the center of said bottom.

3. A bottle carrying basket, comprising a top rim formed of channel iron, a pivot rality of compartments.

JOSEPH W. DAWSON. In the presence of A. J. MCGAULEY,

B. LINN. 

